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Monday, August 20, 2012

Show us your family spaces!

Good Monday to ya! Hope your weekend was lovely! I’m kicking off the week with our next room in the Show Us Your House series of linky parties – this one is family rooms and I’m really looking forward to seeing these links!!

First up, I’ll share our space. This is one room that just did not work for us for years…and it’s completely my fault. ;) When we built our home I chose a corner fireplace instead of the normal spot between two windows. I’ve gone on and on about what an AWFUL IDEA THAT WAS, but I won’t blabber on anymore about that. You’re welcome. ;)

This is hands down one of our best purchases ever…if not the best. This sofa is so darn comfy and has held up great! The cushions aren’t flat, spills wipe up easily…it’s fantastic. I swear it looks like the day it was delivered!

You can see by that pic that I put the Rugs USA rug back in the family room – that old rug was in such awful shape I decided to try this one again. At first I didn’t think the drapes and pillows worked with it, and I still don’t think the drapes work great…but they are fine for now, I’m not worrying about it. I wasn’t about to try to rework the whole room for the rug. Maybe later, but not now. :)

I found a couple new pillows from Target (earlier this summer) that incorporate a lot more of the colors of the room. Before I had solid red pillows in here – these pull in the rug much better. I also pulled some knit pillows from our bedroom, because let’s be honest…we all know I never make our bed. I mean…really.

So at least they are being used in the family room instead of sitting in a pile next to the bed:

Last summer our fridge went kaput (almost exactly a year ago!) and when it went kaput our laminate floors went with it. So insurance paid for new floors and we kicked in a little extra for real hardwoods throughout our main level:

OH MY GAH, I love them so very much. So. very. much. There’s no way we would have been able to do this without that lovely fridge melting down on us, so now I’m not nearly as upset about it. ;) Living in a mess for two months was not so fun at the time though.

When we moved the TV stuff last summer, I turned a Craigslist dresser into our entertainment center:

(That rug is showing as bright blue there and I’m not sure why, it’s really more of a charcoal blue color. See pics above.)

The components under the TV work great by the way! I LOVE having them out of the way. I loathe electronics and cords and stuff…I am always trying to figure out ways to hide them if possible.

I do have some plans for this room – new art, new paint and perhaps a new wall treatment? I’ve got the color picked out but I’ve been mulling over the wall treatment for awhile now. It will happen as soon as I want to do all that work. Which could mean about a year. ;)

I love how this space has been transforming over the years but my favorite part is how much more open than it used to be. Moving that TV (it used to be to the left of the fireplace) over across the room has made a HUGE difference.

Wow Sarah, I think this is the earliest you've ever posted! Good for you. : ) I just love your family room. It's soo cozy and homey feeling. That's how I like it. I linked up our living room because we don't have both. So I guess you could say it's our family room.

First of all.. LOVE your space! beautiful beautiful beautiful!!! Second... where oh where did you get the round basket(looking) thing on the wall to the right of your windows in the background.. before your breakfast nook?!? I have been searching high and low for something just like it. Please pretty please tell me where you got it! Thanks ~Bre

I love your lived-in living room. That rug really gives it the pop of color the room needs. Adding those pillows from your bedroom was genius. Why not add that same blue in a ribbon trim to the top and bottom of your lamp shades? That would pick up that beautiful blue on the TV side of the room, as well as the floor lamp next to the sofa.

I really admire your space. It has so much personality. I love the rug and accessories-so inviting. I linked mine up even though they are so FAR from done. If I wait for them to be "done" I'll never share them, right!? Thanks for the link opportunity. Have a great day!!

Your family room had made such an amazing transformation over the last year! I love the hardwood floors, the corner fireplace makeover and the rug. Thanks for all of the inspiration and for such a great link series!

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I love your living room -- and I have so enjoyed watching it all come together over the past few years of reading your blog! My favorite part is that you used a dresser for your entertainment center -- that is just plain pretty! :-)

love your living room. still trying to get mine done. I am looking for a small table for the otherside of my couch and I dont have alot of room. Did you make the round table next to the chair. Awesome!!!! PLease let me know details. thanks, mary ladefly@aol dot com